Improvement in moth-proof fur-cases



-O. M. PARKER, Moth-Proof Fur-Case.

No. 215.835. Patented May 27,1879.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

CHARLES M. PARKER, OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN MOTH-PROOF FUR-CASES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 215,835, dated May 27, 1879; application filed March 21, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OHARLEs M. PARKER, of Kalamazoo, in the county of Kalamazoo and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Moth-Proof Fur-Gases, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is the construction of a case which will not only serve for the purpose of shipping furs or contain the same while on sale in a fresh and unsoiled condition, but will also be of service in preserving the furs against moths and dust.

This has previouslybeen effected by other inventors in a difl'erent manner, making the cases less convenient and necessitating such an expense in their manufacture as to make them unavailable for general use.

Cheap cases have also been thrownupon the market provided with unstable open compartments and covers, which soon warp and get out of order, and when in perfect condition are of but little utilityin excluding moths and dust; hence the furs inclosed in such cases soon become misshapen and soiled.

Another point of advantage in the use of myease is, that injurious handling of the furs is avoided in removing them from the case; also, the merchant is not necessitated to remove the cases from the shelves or pile where they may be stored or arranged, when displaying hisgoods to the trade, inorder to get at the contents, the cases being provided with removable boxes, as herein shown.

The invention consists of a cylindrical muffbox, one end being left open in order to insert the muff, and also a rectangular box having five closed sides, the inner end being left open to receive the boa.

It also consists in a case of convenientform provided with two apertures to receir e the muff and boa boxes.

The whole is made of pasteboard and paper or other suitable material.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1 is a perspective view ofthe case entire. Figs. 3 and 4 are the muff and boa boxes, and Fig. 2 is the case with said boxes removed.

0 and E are the apertures, whose interior dimensions correspond with the exterior dimensions of the muff-box B and boa-box O.

The boxes shut snugly into the apertures, thereby excluding dust and moths, their closed ends coming even with the exterior surface of the case A when said boxes are entirely in serted, as seen in Fig. 1. As the apertures 0 and E are the only uninelosed portion of the outer surface of case A, the said case is closed entirely when they are in place.

Boxes B and O are withdrawn from the case A by means of handles secured to their outer ends. The case A is also provided with a handle at the top to carry it by.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentof the United States, is-

A moth-proof box consisting of the case A, of the form substantially as shown, provided with two removable boxes open at their inner ends only, one of which is cylindrical and the other rectangular in form, all arranged substantially as shown and described.

CHAS. H. PARKER.

Attest:

J. I. BIssELL, H. S. PARKER. 

